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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 3785)*

From: Volunteer participation differentially moderates the association between insomnia and poor subjective well-being in community-dwelling older adults: the Yilan study, Taiwan

 

n (%)

Age (years)

 

  < 75

1656 (43.8)

  ≥ 75

2129 (56.2)

Sex

 Female

2155 (56.9)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

  < 18.5

159 (4.2)

 18.5–23.9

1440 (38.1)

  > 23.9

2007 (53.0)

 Disabled

178 (4.7)

Education status

 Literate

3003 (79.3)

 Illiterate

782 (20.7)

Marital status

 Married

2465 (65.3)

 Single/ divorced/ separated

56 (1.5)

 Widowed

1252 (33.2)

Living status

 With others

3358 (88.8)

 Alone

425 (11.2)

 Frequency of exercise per week ≥ 3/ week

2193 (58.0)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

2866 (75.7)

 Ex- smoker

568 (15.0)

 Current smoker

351 (9.3)

 Drinking status

Non-drinker

3094 (81.7)

 Ex- drinker

198 (5.2)

 Current drinker

493 (13.0)

Medical history

 Diabetes mellitus

888 (23.5)

 Hypertension

2152 (56.9)

 Heart disease

1197 (31.7)

 Hyperlipidemia

841 (22.3)

 Stroke

194 (5.1)

 Snore

43 (1.2)

Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale

 Depression ≥ 6

443 (11.7)

 Anxiety ≥ 3

1345 (35.5)

 Groningen Activity Restriction Scale ≥ 19

1159 (44.2)

 Taking hypnotics in the past one month

849 (22.5)

 Epworth Sleepiness Scale ≥ 11

602 (15.9)

 Athens Insomnia Scale ≥ 5

806 (21.3)

 Volunteer participation

428 (11.4)

  1. *Numbers of participants do not equal 3785 because of missing values in variables